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Laman Ismayilova read more The Heydar Aliyev Center invites Baku residents and capital's
guests to enjoy the 'Opera and Fashion. Sultan Couture 20' concert
program and exhibition on International Women's Day (March 8),
Azernews reports.
Opera and fashion have always been closely intertwined. Opera
divas took the stage in the most beautiful outfit and jewelry.
Opera costumes come into fashion, or fashion constantly appears on
the opera stage.
Spectators have always watched with keen interest the joint
stage performances of fashion houses with famous opera
productions.
During the concert program, acclaimed opera singers, laureate of
international competitions Yana Melikayeva (mezzo-soprano), soloist
of the Moscow Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Academic Music
Theater Anastasiya Chernovolos (soprano), soloist of St.
Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater Yulia Suleymanova (soprano),
Yekaterina Sannikova (soprano), and soloist of the Helikon-Opera
Moscow Music Theater Elnara Mammadova (soprano) will perform the
most famous works of national and international composers.
The opera stars will be accompanied by the Azerbaijan State
Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Mustafa
Mehmandarov.
Opera divas will appear on the stage dressed in costumes
designed by Orkhan Sultan, specifically for this concert.
Some 16 stunning outfits belonging to the brand 'SULTAN COUTURE
& Co', which celebrates its 20th anniversary, will be presented at
Auditorium Hall as part of the concert.
The opera singers, who will take the stage will also present
Bvlgari jewelry.
Thus, the audience will have a chance to watch both beautiful
vocal interpretations, a rich repertoire, and a collection of a
famous jewelry brand with eye-catching stage costumes.
On the same day, an exhibition providing information about the
first Azerbaijani opera singers will be presented at the Heydar
Aliyev Center.
Note that female singers take a special place in the history of
opera art in Azerbaijan, which dates back to 1908.
For the first time in the Muslim East, female performers entered
Azerbaijan's theatrical stage.
The exhibition will provide insight into the life of the
country's first female opera singers- Fatma Muxtarova, Shovkat
Mammadova, Gulhar Hasanova, Sonya Aslanova, Sonya Mustafayeva, as
well as Shafiga Axundova, known as the first female composer, who
wrote opera in the East.
Photographs from Uzeyir Hajibayli's 'Leyli and Majnun', Muslim
Magomayev's 'Nargiz', Niyazi's 'Khosrov and Shirin', Afrasiyab
Badalbayli's 'Maiden Tower', Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Traviata',
Reinhold Gliere's 'Shahsanam' and Georges Bizet's 'Carmen' operas
will be exhibited as well.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to see two historical
costumes-Hagigat Rzayev's costume Rzayeva as Leyli (Leyli and
Majnun) and Nazakat Mammadova's costume as Solmaz (Fiery
Bride).
Another section of the exhibition will showcase Orkhan Sultan's
clothes, sewn by him over the past 20 years.
Tickets can be purchased at the Heydar Aliyev Center's ticket
office, iTicket.az, as well as retail outlets.
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